Re-closable hermetically sealed container

Claim 1

IN A RE-CLOSABLE HERMETICALLY SEALED PACKAGE, A CAN BODY HAVING AN IMPERVIOUS SIDE WALL AND AN IMPERVIOUS TOP AND BOTTOM FORMED FROM SHEET METAL CAN STOCK AND HERMETICALLY SEAMED TOGETHER, SAID IMPERVIOUS TOP BEING SEAMED TO THE TOP OF SAID SIDE WALL BY A HERMETICALLY SEALED JOINT PROVIDING A CHINE WITH AN INNER WALL, AND SAID TOP HAVING CONTINUOUS FIRST LEDGE EXTENDING INWARDLY IN A COMMON PLANE FROM THE LOWER EDGE OF SAID INNER WALL OF THE CHINE TO PROVIDE A SEALING FACE, SAID FIRST LEDGE HAVING A CONTINUOUS STEPPED DOWN INNER BORDER DEFINING A SECOND LEDGE HAVING A CURLED INNER EDGE DEFINING A CENTRAL OPENING IN SAID CAN TOP, A SUPPORTING MEMBER SUPPORTED IN POSITION ON SAID SECOND LEDGE WITH ITS UPPER SURFACE IN THE PLANE OF SAID FIRST LEDGE, AND AN IMPERVIOUS RELATIVELY STIFF COVER FITTED SNUGLY INTO THE SPACE BORDERED BY SAID CHINE AND HAVING SAID LOWER FACE THEREOF SECURED TO SAID SUPPORTING MEMBER AND ADHESIVELY SECURED TO SAID FIRST LEDGE IN A HERMETICALLY SEALED RELATION CONTINUOUSLY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE AREA OF SAID FIRST LEDGE, AND A TAB FORMED ON ONE EDGE OF SAID COVER FOR BREAKING THE SEAL OF THE PACKAGE AND LIFTING THE COVER AND SAID SUPPORTING MEMBER TO AN OPEN POSITION.